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Webster 1913 Edition
Friz
Friz
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Frizzed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Frizzing
.] [Cf. F.
friser
to curl, crisp, frizzle
, to raise the nap (on certain stuffs); prob.akin to OFries. frisle
hair of the head. Cf. Frieze
kind of cloth.] [Written also
frizz
.] 1.
To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp.
With her hair
frizzed
short up to her ears. Pepys.
2.
To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
3.
(Leather Manufacture)
To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
Frizzing machine
. (a)
(Fabrics)
A machine for frizzing the surface of cloth.
(b)
(Wood Working)
A bench with a revolving cutter head slightly protruding above its surface, for dressing boards.
Friz
,Noun.
pl.
Frizzes
. That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle.
[Written also
frizz
.] He [Dr. Johnson], who saw in his glass how his wig became his face and head, might easily infer that a similar fullbottomed, well-curled
friz
of words would be no less becoming to his thoughts. Hare.
Webster 1828 Edition
Friz
FRIZ
,Verb.
T.
1.
To curl; to crisp to form into small curls with a crisping-pin.2.
To form the nap of cloth into little hard burs, prominences or knobs.